Francis Meres Quotes

1560–1647 England

Francis Meres (1565/1566 – 29 January 1647) was an English churchman and author. His 1598 commonplace book includes the first critical account of poems and plays by Shakespeare.

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As Homer is reputed the Prince of Greek poets, and Petrarch of Italian poets, so Chaucer is accounted the god of English poets.

Palladis Tamia: Wits Treasury (1598)

She is a foole, that dare not wash her face, because she would not have her husband thinke she paints it so she is a nigger, that dare not laugh, least her husbande shoulde thinke shee is lascivious.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Francis Meres (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.